Lightly coat your tray with Pam or cooking spray to keep the fruit from sticking to the sheet.

Blend Strawberries with lime juice and sweetener. SIDE NOTE: I like Xylitol for its anticariogenic effect on the teeth because it breaks down the mutans streptococci in the mouth. In other words, it can help prevent tooth decay. 🙂 Here is a study done on Xylitol chewing gum published in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Just in case you are interested. I get my Xylitol from Amazon or Vitacost. As a dental hygienist I like to sneak in the healthier sugars for my family when I can.

Cathy’s super blender is a Blendtec. I stole her pretty picture from her jam recipe post because I think it is so beautiful. I mixed mine up in my Vitamix. Strawberries are soft enough they should blend in a regular blender or food processor. Once you try one of these super blenders you will never want to go back.

Set your dehydrator to 135° and dehydrate for 4-8 hours or until it is leathery and pliable.

Remove from the sheets, and roll in parchment paper, or plastic wrap. I have found the silicone baking sheets work great for this as well.

Enjoy! You can make these with a variety of fruits. I made some with my pineapple and they were yummy, but really did not need the sweetener. I have also done a strawberry and peach roll. Very good too. The key is to bled the fruit well and let the dehydrator do the rest!

Set your dehydrator to 135° and dehydrate for 4-8 hours or until it is leathery and pliable.

Remove from the sheets, and roll in parchment paper, or plastic wrap.

Notes

You can make these with a variety of fruits. I made some with my pineapple and they were yummy, but really did not need the sweetener. I have also done a strawberry and peach roll. Very good too. The key is to bled the fruit well and let the dehydrator do the rest!

Storage
There are a few ways of storing the processed fruit leather.
1. Pull leather off the tray. Cut into strips. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
2. Pull leather off the tray. Cut into strips. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several months.
3. Pull leather off the tray. Cut into strips. Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a year.

Just wanted to let everyone know that while xylitol does have some beneficial use in humans, it can KILL dogs by causing profoundly low blood sugar. Please make sure your kids don’t feed these roll-ups (or any other xylitol containing foods) to your pets.

If you can find something other than Splenda, do it. Splenda is made of real sugar so it seems natural but your body doesn’t absorb the sugar because it has been connected to what is essentially chlorine. Using Splenda means that you are introducing Chlorine to your digestive system where it promptly starts killing the good bacteria in your gut. This can cause excruciating stomach pains and in some cases becomes so severe that people end up in the hospital. From people I have spoken with, doctors gave them diagnosis from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, to a diseased Gallbladder. If you can try not to use Splenda or at least as little as possible I would strongly recommend it. If you still want a sweetner, try Stevia. It is very sweet but it does have a unique flavour, however I have found it easy to get used to. Stevia also has the advantage of being a well respected remedy for helping to maintain level blood sugars. I am going to try Stevia in my fruit leather, and I will tell you how it turns out.

Three freaking words…SO MUCH WASTE!!!!! Over half of the strawberries fell through the holes on my dehydrator trays. My mixture was thick but it just seeped through. I’m glad I had my tray over the sink. At least the sticky mess was contained. If, and that’s a big one, I do these again I will probably put the wax paper down on my trays first. We live on a tight budget and to literally see my money go down the drain kinda makes me angry.

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